Table 1. Sales and Employment by SIC Division, ranked by employment growth rate: 1997 and 1992 SIC Division Sales or Receipts(in $millions) Employment 1997 1992 % change 1997 1992 % change Service ind. (taxable & tax-exempt) 2,413,376 1,648,869 46.4 34,023,526 27,399,296 24.2 Construction industries 834,795 539,085 54.9 5,567,052 4,668,280 19.3 Retail trade 2,545,881 1,894,880 34.4 21,165,862 18,407,453 15.0 Financial, insurance & real estate 2,474,944 1,831,527 35.1 7,439,802 6,509,591 14.3 Wholesale trade 4,235,400 3,238,520 30.8 6,509,333 5,791,264 12.4 Manufacturing 3,958,050 3,004,723 31.7 17,557,008 16,948,942 3.6 Mining 171,672 162,095 5.9 512,050 534,655 -4.2 Transport., communication, & util. 1,143,937 n/c n/c 5,689,138 n/c n/c n/c comparable data not available Table 2. Top 10 States by growth in receipts in Service Industries subject to federal income tax: 1992 to 1997 State Receipts (in $millions) Employment 1997 1992 % change 1997 1992 % change Mississippi 10,660 5,487 94.3 180,615 108,222 66.9 South Carolina 20,635 10,930 88.8 327,537 232,965 40.6 Colorado 34,286 18,809 82.3 462,282 319,052 44.9 Delaware 5,141 2,822 82.1 71,802 54,186 32.5 Washington 37,604 21,448 75.3 466,065 354,873 31.3 Arizona 28,864 16,615 73.7 491,360 299,282 64.2 North Carolina 37,729 22,154 70.3 612,143 425,019 44.0 Oregon 17,910 10,663 68.0 277,383 195,398 42.0 Nebraska 9,746 5,827 67.2 158,200 120,261 31.5 Georgia 51,436 30,802 67.0 762,036 501,753 51.9 Table 3. Top 10 States by growth in sales in Retail Trade: 1992 to 1997 State Sales (in $millions) Employment 1997 1992 % change 1997 1992 % change South Dakota 9,873 5,108 93.3 66,008 57,481 14.8 Nevada 19,020 11,546 64.7 137,171 99,279 38.2 Utah 20,110 12,373 62.5 167,441 126,284 32.6 Arizona 44,916 29,366 53.0 363,999 288,297 26.3 North Carolina 74,508 49,564 50.3 628,124 507,759 23.7 Idaho 11,511 7,727 49.0 93,090 73,929 25.9 Georgia 74,096 49,940 48.4 630,376 509,283 23.8 Colorado 42,188 28,533 47.9 366,950 283,457 29.5 New Hampshire 16,264 11,099 46.5 117,518 97,133 21.0 Nebraska 16,351 11,522 41.9 149,478 132,157 13.1 Table 4. Top 10 States by growth in value of shipments in Manufacturing: 1992 to 1997 State Value of Shipments (in $millions) Employment 1997 1992 % change 1997 1992 % change New Mexico 18,147 8,487 113.8 42,254 38,636 9.4 South Dakota 12,412 6,000 106.9 48,306 34,955 38.2 Nevada 6,674 3,299 102.3 39,954 26,848 48.8 New Hampshire 20,196 11,316 78.5 102,193 89,363 14.4 Arizona 44,094 26,012 69.5 199,959 168,212 18.9 Idaho 17,608 10,573 66.5 71,274 62,041 14.9 Utah 24,348 15,585 56.2 122,200 101,682 20.2 Oregon 50,201 32,202 55.9 226,715 201,309 12.6 North Dakota 5,197 3,497 48.6 23,218 18,315 26.8 Kentucky 88,437 59,759 48.0 296,956 265,826 11.7EMBARGOED UNTIL: 12:01 A.M. EDT, JUNE 29, 2000 (THURSDAY) Public Information Office CB00-102 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-1037 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov Paul Zeisset 301-457-4151 Service Industries -- New Economy's Biggest Generator of Jobs; Mississippi Leads States, Census Bureau Reports Service industries, one of eight major divisions in the nation's private nonfarm economy, created 6.4 million new jobs, more than half of all new jobs, between 1992 and 1997, and Mississippi led the way, according to a report released today by the Commerce Department's Census Bureau. "Service industries are the biggest and fastest-growing part of our economy as measured by jobs," said Census Bureau analyst Paul Zeisset. "Business services account for much of that growth, but there are some important exceptions. For example, service industries in Mississippi grew faster than other states on the strength of hotel and amusement industries." The report, Comparative Statistics, compares, at the U.S. and state levels, 1997 Economic Census results with those from the 1992 Economic Census. Taxable and tax-exempt service establishments showed a 24 percent increase in employment between 1992 and 1997, from 27.4 million to 34.0 million jobs. Most of that growth was among service establishments subject to federal income tax (19.3 million to 25.5 million jobs, or 32 percent), while tax-exempt service establishments, including most hospitals, grew at a more modest rate (8.1 million to 8.6 million jobs, or 6 percent). Receipts of service establishments climbed 46 percent, from $1.6 trillion to $2.4 trillion, between 1992 and 1997. (All figures in the report are presented in current dollars and not adjusted for inflation. Between 1992 and 1997, consumer prices increased 14 percent and producer prices, 7 percent.) Within service industries, the broad subcategory called "business services" had the biggest dollar growth in receipts among firms subject to federal income tax, from $275 billion to $529 billion, or 92 percent. Employment in business services grew 56 percent. Individual service industries with fast-growing receipts include data-processing schools (up 197 percent), computer rental and leasing (160 percent), prepackaged software (152 percent) and help-supply services (142 percent). Mississippi led all states in growth of service businesses subject to federal income tax, with a 66 percent increase in employment (from 108,000 to 180,000) and a 94 percent increase in receipts (from $5.5 billion to $10.7 billion). Mississippi's receipts in hotels and motels skyrocketed from $235 million to $1.34 billion. "From another report, we know that Mississippi's 1997 hotel receipts were dominated by casino hotels," said Zeisset. "Casino hotels were not separately identifiable in reports for 1992." Other fast-growing states in service industries were South Carolina, Colorado, Delaware, Washington and Arizona. Retail Trade Nationally, retail sales increased by 34 percent between 1992 and 1997, to $2.5 trillion. Employment by retailers, on the other hand, went up 15 percent, to 21.2 million employees. The fastest-growing large retail industries were computer and software stores (179 percent); mobile home dealers (134 percent); used-car dealers (116 percent); and catalog and mail-order houses (86 percent). South Dakota led all states in growth of retail sales between 1992 and 1997, nearly doubling its receipts ($5.1 billion to $9.9 billion). Other states with fast-growing sales were Nevada, Utah, Arizona and North Carolina. Manufacturing The dollar value of shipments from manufacturing establishments was up 32 percent between 1992 and 1997 (from $3.0 trillion to nearly $4.0 trillion), the largest percentage gain for manufacturers since the 1977 to 1982 period. Job growth was a modest 3.5 percent, but this was the first five-year period with any job growth in manufacturing in 20 years. Within manufacturing, the subcategories with the fastest growth in value of shipments were electronic and other electrical equipment (61 percent) and industrial machinery and equipment (58 percent), a category that includes computer manufacturing. Among individual manufacturing industries, the fastest-growing large industry was semiconductors and related equipment, which registered a 144 percent increase in shipments. New Mexico (114 percent), South Dakota (107 percent) and Nevada (102 percent) had triple-digit growth in the value of their manufactured shipments, but all three started from relatively low levels of manufacturing. New Mexico's manufacturing growth was led by electronic and electrical equipment; South Dakota's by industrial equipment, including computers; and Nevada's by paper and allied products. As for dollar increases in shipments of manufactures, Texas, up $89 billion to $302 billion, outgained California, whose $84 billion increase put it at $390 billion, although California remains the state with the most manufacturing shipments and the highest manufacturing employment. Bridging Old and New Industry Classifications This report defines industries according to the 1987 Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. Use of the SIC system is being discontinued because SIC groupings have become outdated by changes in the economy. Most of the detailed data from the 1997 Economic Census are reported in the new North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) categories, including the only data for metropolitan areas, counties, cities and ZIP Codes. Nonetheless, Comparative Statistics reports data in terms of the old SIC system to provide historical comparability with earlier census data. The relationship between NAICS and SIC categories is explored in a companion report titled Bridge Between NAICS and SIC, also just released. The data in the report are subject to nonsampling error from sources such as errors of response, nonreporting and coverage. Further details concerning survey design, methodology and data limitations are available in the full report.-X-